Installing video card drivers

sniper8752 · 07-07-2018, 03:32 PM

I recently bought a nvidia geforce gtx 1050. I ran the .run file as sudo. A few things popped up along the way during installation:

Code:

Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update your X configuration file so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used when you restart x?  Any pre-existing x configuration file will be backed up.

I selected Yes

Code:

Unable to find a suitable destination to install 32-bit compatability libraries.  Your system may not be set up for 32-bit compatibility.  32-bit compatibility files will not be installed; if you wish to install them, re-run the installation and set a valid directory with the --compat32-libdir option

I hit OK

Code:

nvidia-installer was forced to guess the x library path '/usr/lib' x module path '/usr/lib/xorg/modules': these paths were not queryable from the system.  If x fails to find thee nvidia x driver module, please install the 'pkg-config' utility and the x.org.sdk/development package for your distribution and reinstall the driver

I hit OK.

I then rebooted, but the resolution still does not look correct (font is large). I also did a apt update/upgrade, thinking it may pull the drivers for the card automatically, but it didn't pull any new video card drivers for the video card.

whansard · 07-07-2018, 03:38 PM

you can type

Code:

modprobe nvidia

and see what happens. then restart X.

sniper8752 · 07-07-2018, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whansard

you can type

Code:

modprobe nvidia

and see what happens. then restart X.

I should mention, I am not using a GUI.

X-LFS-2010 · 07-07-2018, 06:42 PM

no gui, then we assume you mean kernel "vga" (terminal/console) fonts

you could look for a package that changes terminal fonts for you. you could specify your font choice when you copile your kernel.

some kernels may boot up in an "extended" mode that supports smaller better fonts (fb, that are also slow). fb is not required to have smaller fonts.

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please specify "large". rows, columns. 80x25 is normal.

ondoho · 07-08-2018, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sniper8752

I should mention, I am not using a GUI.

maybe i'm being daft now, but what use is the nvidia driver to you then?

sniper8752 · 07-08-2018, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X-LFS-2010

no gui, then we assume you mean kernel "vga" (terminal/console) fonts

you could look for a package that changes terminal fonts for you. you could specify your font choice when you copile your kernel.

some kernels may boot up in an "extended" mode that supports smaller better fonts (fb, that are also slow). fb is not required to have smaller fonts.

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please specify "large". rows, columns. 80x25 is normal.

how do I figure out what my console font size is?

sniper8752 · 07-08-2018, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

maybe i'm being daft now, but what use is the nvidia driver to you then?

My onboard graphics card was not working: I got red lines. I tried a new video card, and it fixed it. The cheap replacement I got, got me past the grub bootloader login. Now with my new permanent one, I am seeing the same issue, where it looks like it just sits there after I enter my grub credentials. But if you hit ctl-alt-f1, it takes you to the boot up process.
Hopefully this makes sense.

ondoho · 07-09-2018, 04:01 PM

in that case you can just as well use the open source nouveau driver, you don't need nvidia if it's only for text console.

sniper8752 · 07-14-2018, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

in that case you can just as well use the open source nouveau driver, you don't need nvidia if it's only for text console.

How do I do that?